4.0
30 Dec 2014
Former employee, more than 1 year
San Jose, CA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Good coworkers, company moves fairly fast, nice benefits, laid-back atmosphere, adequate tools to do the job
Cons
High expectations of employees which are sometimes unrealistic, too many brown-nosers do well here, company spends a lot of money on parties (or at least used to). Success is earned and reputation is everything - kind of avoids risk taking behavior by employees. Asked a VP in a public forum how we expect to compete with Amazon on a particular business process. His answer was shocking to me but seemed to be ok for most employees - "We do not compete with Amazon. We are a unique company." This attitude allows complacency and managers seem to feel immune to competition and seem to live in a bubble.